History

Our special report, on the 40th anniversary, reflects on the terrifying ordeal of the Fastnet yacht race in 1979 that claimed the lives of 15 competitors.

Dr Paul Colton, has said everybody should remember their own story and history as the country prepares for the upcoming War of Independence and Civil War centenary commemorations.

Deputy Fenian leader Ricard O'Sullivan Burke, from Kinneigh, claimed that a deliberate attempt was made to poison him while he lay in Chatham Prison in Kent, 150 years ago this week, writes Robert Hume

Robert Hume reflects on the ambush of a police van in Manchester on September 18th 1867 and the subsequent trial which had resonances much further afield, including here in West Cork

100 years ago this week, writes Robert Hume, a story dominated the news in Skibbereen – was the man in charge of the workhouse a ‘fit and proper' person for the job?

Robert Hume is shocked by a distressing tale of ‘English brutality’ that touched Skibbereen hearts 150 years ago

In 1944, 28-year-old Sgt James Frederick Norton of Coventry was fighting for his life and country in the battlefields of Germany.

Several items of huge significance, relating to famous botanist Ellen Hutchins, have recently come to light.

Novelist Anne Plumptre from Norwich (55) set off from Cork with her male servant on 6th September 1815.